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reducing deficits as a share of g.d.p. to 1.6% by 2024 and with regard to the issue of stabilizing our debt to g.d.p. ratio, that occurs in 2015, and then we start a declining path. the budget shows the president's vision for moving the country forward. it provides a responsible, balanced and concrete plan that can serve as a guide for congress and its work in the upcoming year. thank you. >> thank you. my role is to present the economic forecast that underpins the budget. the administration projects that economic growth will strengthen over the next several years as the economy continues to return to the full utilization of all its resources. the ongoing recovery will be aided by several factors. the overall shift of fiscal policy towards a more neutral stance, progress in household deleveraging, including gains in housing and stock market wealth and further potential for home building. this near-term recovery is consistent with c.b.o. which projects a similar pace of growth over the next three years. we assume that the g
reducing deficits as a share of g.d.p. to 1.6% by 2024 and with regard to the issue of stabilizing our debt to g.d.p. ratio, that occurs in 2015, and then we start a declining path. the budget shows the president's vision for moving the country forward. it provides a responsible, balanced and concrete plan that can serve as a guide for congress and its work in the upcoming year. thank you. >> thank you. my role is to present the economic forecast that underpins the budget. the...
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their plan called for the deficit $819 billion in 2013. what was the deficit for 2013? >> $680 billion. >> well, that is much less than what simpson bowles projected sit not? >> it is. >> so last year, 2013, president obama exceeded the deficit reduction goal of simpson bowles of $139 billion. am i correct? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir i would have to look at what numbers they have at what years. >> do you know what the number will be? >> it is 2016 and it will be 531. gee have to look at these numbers. give the president and this administration some credit. i have been pretty tough on them. give them some cd. they did something else. they did something that bass wa positionti positive. but you are never going to give any credit to anybody except the pat on the back at the christmas party. superintendant th isn't that wonderful? >> does this plan raise the age for social security? >> no, sir. >> does it change the measure of inflation for social security? >> so this administration has managed to reduce the deficit in 2013 below bowles simpson to social security. >> so now w
their plan called for the deficit $819 billion in 2013. what was the deficit for 2013? >> $680 billion. >> well, that is much less than what simpson bowles projected sit not? >> it is. >> so last year, 2013, president obama exceeded the deficit reduction goal of simpson bowles of $139 billion. am i correct? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir i would have to look at what numbers they have at what years. >> do you know what the number will be? >> it is 2016...
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and as a result, the deficit would be better with deficit reduction which is what we are showing in our budget than if you did not have deficit reduction which is what a budget baseline would show. there is some other technical differences between our out your forecasts that are mostly on the revenue side come and not on the spending side. aca is the law of the land. >> do any of the discussions about tax revisions vary from current law? maybe certain expired tax revisions? >> obviously, we have a set of proposals in their. one of the places that is in our -- that is assumed in our budget is that in the 2010 and 2012 budgets, the president extended his increases for the refund ability in the child tax credit the increases in the earned income tax credit for families of three children and more and the marriage penalty and one of the president's innovations was that a portion of that was also refundable. in the budget agreement, those were extended for another five years through 2017. we would assume that those are extended permanently. we believe very strongly in that if those were t
and as a result, the deficit would be better with deficit reduction which is what we are showing in our budget than if you did not have deficit reduction which is what a budget baseline would show. there is some other technical differences between our out your forecasts that are mostly on the revenue side come and not on the spending side. aca is the law of the land. >> do any of the discussions about tax revisions vary from current law? maybe certain expired tax revisions? >>...
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they are providing so much money to reduce the deficit. you have a triumvirate of forces reducing the deficit from the outside. then he may, freddie mac, and jpmorgan. i thought -- i think that may continue for a while. cyber security -- you will hear a lot about that. the chances of more data breaches this year are 100%. there will be more and probably will be more as we are sitting here this morning. the chances of a bill are pretty dim. you get the sense that everywhere you look the legislative agenda is looking pretty meager. i don't totally rule out a bill that eric cantor and others are talking about giving tax incentives to companies that hire and train young workers. there could be something like that but i think there will not the a lot. one final thing i want to throw out -- a theme of mine that i have been talking about for the last two or three months -- it leaves me puzzled. here we have an economy that grew in the second half by 3.5% or something like that. that was a rise in gdp and was not all inventory accumulation. inre w
they are providing so much money to reduce the deficit. you have a triumvirate of forces reducing the deficit from the outside. then he may, freddie mac, and jpmorgan. i thought -- i think that may continue for a while. cyber security -- you will hear a lot about that. the chances of more data breaches this year are 100%. there will be more and probably will be more as we are sitting here this morning. the chances of a bill are pretty dim. you get the sense that everywhere you look the...
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, increasing the deficit. so let me say a word about this. unlike many expenditures, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the truth is that this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. and let me repeat, this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan scorekeeper, has estimated that mandatory spending in this legislation will total $2.88 billion over the next decade. all of this mandatory spending is completely offset, not by the overseas contingency operations or o.c.o., but through more than $4.2 billion in actual savings from programs within the jurisdiction of the senate veterans' affairs committee. as a result, c.b.o. has determined that overall mandatory spending -- mandatory spending in this bill will be reduced, will be reduced, by more than $1.3 billion. in addie mandatory spending, this bill authorizes $18.3 billion in discretionary spending over the next five years to improve the lives of our nation's veterans and their families. mr. presi
, increasing the deficit. so let me say a word about this. unlike many expenditures, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the truth is that this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. and let me repeat, this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan scorekeeper, has estimated that mandatory spending in this legislation will total $2.88 billion over the next decade. all of this mandatory spending is completely offset, not by the...
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here we see a budget deficit falling sharply. i'll pick on the cbo since everybody picks on the cbo. i thought their receipt estimates for next two or three years were a little stingy, but no matter how you slice it the deficit as percentage of gdp is headed below 3% in the next year or two. you see all this good news. yet no one in this city wants to acknowledge it or take credit for it. it is damnest thing i ever have seen. let me fin wish a comment on three sources in this city that seem unwilling to acknowledge the fact that things have gotten better. you have to ask the question, could this be a self-fulfilling prophecy? first and foremost, not surprisingly is the media. i have some friend here in the press but media feels you can sell more newspapers and get better ratings when you talk about the negative. during the holidays, my blood pressure spiked about 20 points. i saw two stories talking about the recession as if it were still underway. well, for christ's sake the recession ended in june of 09 yet you still hear in th
here we see a budget deficit falling sharply. i'll pick on the cbo since everybody picks on the cbo. i thought their receipt estimates for next two or three years were a little stingy, but no matter how you slice it the deficit as percentage of gdp is headed below 3% in the next year or two. you see all this good news. yet no one in this city wants to acknowledge it or take credit for it. it is damnest thing i ever have seen. let me fin wish a comment on three sources in this city that seem...
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at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class or if we're going to continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it this year and in the years to come as president. thank you very much, everybody. michael? >> do you have any response to president putin's press conference this morning? is chancellor merkel right that he has lost touch with reality? have you spoken to him personally? >> i have not spoken to him since i spoke to him this past weekend. but obviously, me and my national security team have been watching events unfolding in ukraine very closely. i met with them again today. as many of you know, john kerry is in kiev as we speak, at my direction. he's expressing our full support for the ukrainian people. over the past several weeks, we've been working with our partners an
at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class or if we're going to continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it this year and in the years to come as president. thank you very much,...
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. >> defense is going down because the defect -- deficit. >> what you are asking for is very reasonable in terms of this and 56nal $26 billion billion dollars overall for defense and nondefense. forill be given the pay from the administration the next few weeks. many of us have them that are perfectly reasonable. we pay for what we need to do as a country including closing some of these loopholes which are egregious. these offshore tax loopholes, that allow the most profitable corporations in the world to avoid paying taxes by shifting their intellectual property to tax havens. the loopholes that allow the hedge fund managers to be paying half of the tax rate that people who work for them pay. there are some unjustified tax loopholes in this tax code which we should close even if we had no deficit. given the fact we have real needs including security needs, which we much fun -- must fund adequately, there are places we can fund it. $26 billion for defense and 56 billion dollars overall so i hope we take the leap the administration has given us on this budget and fund the full 56 billion
. >> defense is going down because the defect -- deficit. >> what you are asking for is very reasonable in terms of this and 56nal $26 billion billion dollars overall for defense and nondefense. forill be given the pay from the administration the next few weeks. many of us have them that are perfectly reasonable. we pay for what we need to do as a country including closing some of these loopholes which are egregious. these offshore tax loopholes, that allow the most profitable...
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maya mcginns, a capable observer said using the war gimmick to offset other costs or count toward deficit reduction would send a message to the american public and our investors that we are not serious about controlling the debt. in fact, it would send the message that not only are we not serious, but we're going to try to trick everyone that we're actually doing something productive on the deficit. that's the hyatt of -- height of irresponsibility, close quote. myra mcginns, a director at the committee for responsible federal budget, said that last november. so we're not going to go for this. we're not going to go for this. we're not going to waive the budget in this fashion. it's not going to pass. and it should have been known beforehand when senator sanders and senator reed have sought to push this bill through that it's never going to pass. because there are enough senators in this body have enough strength of will to honor the commitment we made a few weeks ago in the ryan-murray legislation. and we're not going to use some bogus gimmick to justify busting the budget. so the deal is
maya mcginns, a capable observer said using the war gimmick to offset other costs or count toward deficit reduction would send a message to the american public and our investors that we are not serious about controlling the debt. in fact, it would send the message that not only are we not serious, but we're going to try to trick everyone that we're actually doing something productive on the deficit. that's the hyatt of -- height of irresponsibility, close quote. myra mcginns, a director at the...
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with $17 trillion in debt and massive annual deficits, our country faces a fiscal crisis of unparalleled scope. now is not the time in any federal department to spend money we don't have. to be sure, there's much to like in the sashed sanders bill and e components were presented as separate, smaller as part of a carefully considered long-term strategy to reform the v.a., hold leadership accountable and improve service to veterans, we'd have no problem expending enthusiastic support. as with many bloated legislative projects in today's washington, the overreaching and overpromising in this bill will only lead to disappointment and recriminations as the high cost and unanticipated consequences are revealed. that will be followed by demands for an entirely new round of comprehensive reforms and the cycle will begin anew. congress should go back to the drawing board, assume a more modest approach and take up these proposals on an individual basis. that's the better path to achieving enduring and effective reform and accountability for the services we provide to our veterans." so i point that
with $17 trillion in debt and massive annual deficits, our country faces a fiscal crisis of unparalleled scope. now is not the time in any federal department to spend money we don't have. to be sure, there's much to like in the sashed sanders bill and e components were presented as separate, smaller as part of a carefully considered long-term strategy to reform the v.a., hold leadership accountable and improve service to veterans, we'd have no problem expending enthusiastic support. as with...
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bill re-authorization that passed congress with bipartisan support , and reduces the annual budget deficits by $16. billion over 10 years. industry professionals across my home state of pennsylvania and nationally, including farmers, foresters, conservationists, researchers, and policy advocates have praised the law as an historic improvement. the federal agriculture policy that will improve land management, support key areas of economic activity, and bolster important investments in education and applied research. susan benedict, an american tree pharmacist thames certified forest owner from state college, pennsylvania, stated, and i quote, as a pennsylvania tree farmer i can happily say this farm bill was well worth the wait. with the promotion of new market opportunities and the biobased markets program and green building markets, improved access to critical conservation programs, an increased regulatory certainty when protecting water quality of my forestings rose, this farm bill is truly the best farm bill yet forests. i applaud the conference committee members for championing strong f
bill re-authorization that passed congress with bipartisan support , and reduces the annual budget deficits by $16. billion over 10 years. industry professionals across my home state of pennsylvania and nationally, including farmers, foresters, conservationists, researchers, and policy advocates have praised the law as an historic improvement. the federal agriculture policy that will improve land management, support key areas of economic activity, and bolster important investments in education...
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everything that we vote on annually as a congress, eliminate all of that, we would still be running a deficit of half of one dollar trillion each year. room,e elephant in the the big animal in the room, the gorilla in the room that everyone is avoiding is a mandatory spending. , we will address that keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. that is the real problem and we are trying to, like i say, solve it. on the backs of the military. that can't be done. guest: you are going to hear that a lot. we are solving our problems on the back of the military. he is right, discretionary spending is a small piece of this at the end of the day, but in the broader picture there has across themade federal budget. this is a big piece of discretionary spending. i think it is about half of what we spend on discretionary spending. it is a big piece of the pie to look at. we are in a time of change for the military. this is a time when we can reevaluate put the military should be doing and how much should be spending in this nation's history. active military outside of los angeles, california,
everything that we vote on annually as a congress, eliminate all of that, we would still be running a deficit of half of one dollar trillion each year. room,e elephant in the the big animal in the room, the gorilla in the room that everyone is avoiding is a mandatory spending. , we will address that keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. that is the real problem and we are trying to, like i say, solve it. on the backs of the military. that can't be done. guest: you are going to...
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he turned in massive budget deficits, and the economy tanked. the problem with barack obama is not that he changed bush's policies but rather that he did not change them. he took the worst of them and doubled down. he's added $6. trillion to the national debt. meaning that i had -- meaning that today's young people will have to pay back $56,000 plus interest per household to their future taxes for nothing more than to pay for this administration's overspending. he seized 1/6 of the american economy that provides our health care and well on the way to wrecking it for millions of american families, costing them their health plans, their doctors, their savings, and their security. his increased annual taxes by -- he's increased taxes, averaging about $4,00 for every household in america. he made a lot of promises that turned out not to be true. he promised that massive government spending would produce prosperity. instead average personal incomes declined $2,00 during his presidency and food stamp dependency's at an all-time high. nearly one in six
he turned in massive budget deficits, and the economy tanked. the problem with barack obama is not that he changed bush's policies but rather that he did not change them. he took the worst of them and doubled down. he's added $6. trillion to the national debt. meaning that i had -- meaning that today's young people will have to pay back $56,000 plus interest per household to their future taxes for nothing more than to pay for this administration's overspending. he seized 1/6 of the american...
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more good news because we now know that the second promise of the act, that it was going to reduce the deficit, is true as well. c.b.o. tells us that from the ten-year period covering the enactment of the law to a decade later, we're going to save about $1.2 trillion beyond what we additionally estimated. current trajectories we are going to be $250 billion under c.b.o.'s initial estimate for federal health care expenditures on an annual basis. that's big savings to the taxpayers, and when you combine that with the millions of americans who have coverage, you can see how the affordable care act is working. now, there is still work to do, and there are going to be debates on the floor of the senate about ways in which we could change and fix the affordable care act. we're reordering 1/6 of the american economy. there is no doubt going to be bumps along the road and no doubt going to be places where we can find bipartisan agreement on how we can fix the act, make it work even better. but the answer from our republican colleagues has been pretty simple so far. it has been to simply repeal the law
more good news because we now know that the second promise of the act, that it was going to reduce the deficit, is true as well. c.b.o. tells us that from the ten-year period covering the enactment of the law to a decade later, we're going to save about $1.2 trillion beyond what we additionally estimated. current trajectories we are going to be $250 billion under c.b.o.'s initial estimate for federal health care expenditures on an annual basis. that's big savings to the taxpayers, and when you...
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everything that we vote on, annually as a congress, eliminate all that, we would still be running a deficit of a half trillion dollars a year. the real problem, the, i was going to say elephant, but i'm saying the big animal in the room, gorilla in the room that, that everybody's avoiding is the mandatory spending. and unless we address that, we're just going to keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. and that is the real problem. and we're trying to, like i say, solve it on the backs of our military. can't be done. >> excuse me. what are your priorities for marking up the fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill? >> getting it done by october 1st. that is by main, and you're going to hear, that is all i'm going to be talking about between here and october because i'm really concerned. i brought that up in the meeting with the big eight and secretary and general dempsey. it is incumbent upon us to get that done. last year we got the defense authorization bill done on the last day the senate was in session. or we would have missed it. now we have passed that bill every yea
everything that we vote on, annually as a congress, eliminate all that, we would still be running a deficit of a half trillion dollars a year. the real problem, the, i was going to say elephant, but i'm saying the big animal in the room, gorilla in the room that, that everybody's avoiding is the mandatory spending. and unless we address that, we're just going to keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. and that is the real problem. and we're trying to, like i say, solve it on the...
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even vote on the ranking member's veterans amendment, legislation i support that will not add to the deficit. i amal cosponsor of this legislation, which provides -- i am a cosponsor of this legislation, which provides advanced appropriations for v.a. mandatory accounts, improves services and benefits for victims of military sexual trauma, enhances benefits for survivors and dependents of deceased or disabled veterans, encourages the hiring of veterans, and unlike the sanders' bill is fully paid for. as for the iran sanctions language in the burr amendment, as i noted yesterday, there is significant disagreement between the president and many members from both parties in both the house and the senate concerning the best way to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. the iranian regime has carried out its best attempt at a charm offensive to forestall not only the implementation but the legislative consideration of even tougher sanctions, should the regime fail to fulfill its commitments, according to november's interim agreement. the interim agreement included a joint plan of action, a
even vote on the ranking member's veterans amendment, legislation i support that will not add to the deficit. i amal cosponsor of this legislation, which provides -- i am a cosponsor of this legislation, which provides advanced appropriations for v.a. mandatory accounts, improves services and benefits for victims of military sexual trauma, enhances benefits for survivors and dependents of deceased or disabled veterans, encourages the hiring of veterans, and unlike the sanders' bill is fully...